Each page starts with a set of instructions. Users can rapidly find terms in a dictionary with the guidance of the guide words. The search term falls between the two guiding words since they are an alphabetical ‘tag’ for the word (or maybe one of the guide words). There may be one guiding word on the left page and one on the right page of some dictionaries. The first entry word on the left page is often the guide word, and the last entry word on the right page is often the guide word. There are two guiding words on each page of some bigger dictionaries. The user searches for the pair of dictionary words that the entry word will come between alphabetically and flips through the dictionary pages looking for the first letter of the entry word. For instance, if the page’s guiding words were great-green, the word ‘greed’ would display there.